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There is no place for God in theories on the creation of the Universe, Professor Stephen Hawking has said.
He had previously argued belief in a creator was not incompatible with science but in a new book, he concludes the Big Bang was an inevitable consequence of the laws of physics.
The Grand Design, part serialised in the Times, says there is no need to invoke God to set the Universe going.
“A CNN article published Thursday says a new study links atheism and high IQ. Other indicators of high intelligence include liberalism, the tendency to have only one sexual partner (in males, at least) and vegetarianism. No huge surprises here, but it’s a welcome reminder that forward-thinking folks leave superstition behind.”
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (WSVN) — Community residents are protesting a billboard they call offensive to Christians. Read whole story…
I find this billboard non-offensive and very careful in its language and I am saddened by the community reaction to it. The design of it is a bit corny. Why is it that Christians cannot tolerate the promotion of atheism?
Thanks to frentz for this link.
“Polls show that the ranks of atheists are growing. The American Religious Identification Survey, a major study released last month, found that those who claimed “no religion” were the only demographic group that grew in all 50 states in the last 18 year”
Americans are increasingly turning away from many denominations, with the percentage who do not claim a religious identity nearly doubling since 1990, to 15%, according to a national survey.
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LONDON – London buses have God on their side — but not for long, if atheists have their way.
The sides of some of London’s red buses will soon carry ads asserting there is “probably no God,” as nonbelievers fight what they say is the preferential treatment given to religion in British society.
Organizers of a campaign to raise funds for the ads said Wednesday they received more than $113,000 in donations, almost seven times their target, in the hours since they launched the project on a charity Web site. Supporters include Oxford University biologist Richard Dawkins, who donated $9,000.
The money will be used to place posters on 30 buses carrying the slogan “There’s probably no God. Now stop worrying and enjoy your life.” The plan was to run the ads for four weeks starting in January, but so much money has been raised that the project may be expanded.
Fox News transcript from “America’s Election HQ,” June 5, 2008 over a billboard that promotes atheism:
MEGYN KELLY, CO-HOST : “Don’t believe in God? You’re not the alone.” That’s what it says on a 20-by-60 foot sign sitting above one of the busiest roads in the country. Many people now want that sign to come down.
Just a short while ago, Fox’s Douglas Kennedy spoke to the man responsible for putting it up. He joins us now. Hi Douglas.
DOUGLAS KENNEDY, FOX NEWS CORRESPONDENT: Yes. Hey, Megan.
This guy is from an atheist organization in Philadelphia. He says he’s just trying to reach out to fellow non-believers. His critics are calling it a sign of the times.
KENNEDY: The billboard has heavenly-looking clouds and reassures drivers they are not alone. No, it’s not an advertisement for a fundamentalist church. It’s the exact opposite.
Why did you put up this billboard?
STEVE RADE, ATHEIST: I believe there are a lot of people who question their belief in God.
KENNEDY: Steve Rade is from the Greater Philadelphia Coalition of Reason, the atheist group that erected the billboard on Interstate-95 just outside the “City of Brotherly Love.” He says he’s just trying to bring atheists together.
RADE: People want to know that they’re not alone, that there is groups they can speak to and join up with.
KENNEDY: Recently, societies dedicated to atheism have claimed record membership and books on atheism have become top reads on the “New York Times” bestseller’s list. Critics call it a disturbing trend.
This billboard in Philadelphia seems to represent a trend of a new assertiveness, even aggressiveness on the part of atheists.
Peter Sprigg is from the Family Research Council, a Washington, D.C.- based lobbying group that promotes conservative values. He says behind the books and billboards is a secularist agenda.
PETER SPRIGG, FAMILY RESEARCH COUNCIL: Atheists are very vigorous in promoting the separation of church and state. But with the extreme way that they interpret that concept, you would basically eliminate every mention of God from the public square. And that would amount to an establishment of atheism.
KENNEDY: The family research council saying you’re promoting a secularist agenda, what do you say?
RADE: I say that we are promoting a secularist agenda. We do believe in a separation of church and state. And we believe that this is the way the country should be run.
KENNEDY: And Rade admits he would prefer if everyone was an atheist. He says the world would be a better place without institutionalized religion, Bill and Megyn.
BILL HEMMER, CO-HOST: We can find some people who disagree with that?
KELLY: I should think so.
Douglas Kennedy thanks so much.
“The military’s virulent religious intolerance could be eradicated tomorrow with swift sanctions against transgressors. Instead, it’s winked at, and those caught proselytizing suffer no consequence.”
It’s an old saying (from WWII) that there are no atheists in foxholes. It turns out this isn’t true. And there have been more than a couple public retractions to atheist soldiers over this remark by journalists. This quip is really nothing more than folksy bigotry against people without beliefs in the supernatural. A popular watchdog organization has been tracking the problem of evangelical proselytizing in the military–especially at the Pentagon–and rampant throughout the armed forces.
New York Times - “They don’t trust you because they think you are unreliable and might break, since you don’t have God to rely on,” Specialist Hall said of those who proselytize in the military. “The message is, ‘It’s a Christian nation, and you need to recognize that.’”
Soldier Sues Army, Saying His Atheism Led to Threats
CBS News - A new documentary examines religious discrimination in the U.S. military. Should American forces be fighting for God as well as country?
Fighting For God AND Country
In 2006, this very blog posted a story about this very problem titled “Military Evangelical Christianity “Egregious Beyond the Pale.” From that article: “It’s egregious beyond the pale,” said Mikey Weinstein, president and founder of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation. “We apparently have a radicalized, evangelical Christian Pentagon within the rest of the Pentagon.”
WESTON, Wis. (AP) - Police are investigating an 11-year-old girl’s death from an undiagnosed, treatable form of diabetes after her parents chose to pray for her rather than take her to a doctor.
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